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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 12:02:05AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > > I found source code base64-1.4.tar.gz (202K) which compiled perfectly with
> > > the compiler and glibc from SW8.1 and is at my site and also attached.
> >
> > mimencode is only 9K. As far as I know it will mimencode (and
> > decode) anything.
>
> Which program is used to shrink the size of compiled binaries?  strip?
> I will check my notes.

strip removes extraneous code - shrank it from 37K to 6994 bytes
upx packs the executable smaller (it needs to be unpacked before running 
but I did not notice any delay) - shrank it further to 4818 bytes

Apparently makefiles don't strip binaries for you.  I wonder why.

Comes to 6.4K with man page in man format.  Text might be smaller.

Will this fit into BL3 floppy disk along with Lee's script so people can 
send binary attachments using pmail?

Lee, can you strip and upx mimencode to smaller than this?

Sindi

Attachment: base64-glibc225.tgz
Description: stripped and upxed base64 with man page